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The ancient ceremony King Charles will undertake at start of important week

King Charles will take part in an ancient ceremony as he arrives in Scotland for a week of special events. The Monarch usually spends a week in Scotland at the start of summer with Charles III arriving for this year on July 1. His Majesty will be joined by Queen Camilla, the Princess Royal and the Duke of Edinburgh for a series of engagements celebrating Scottish culture, community, and…
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King Charles III

Tradition of the Ceremony of the Keys welcomes Charles III to his Scottish kingdom

The King took part in a historic ceremony to begin Holyrood Week in Edinburgh.  The Ceremony of the Keys is held in the Forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse whenever the Monarch arrives. This time it was for the week that King Charles and Queen Camilla traditionally spend in Scotland each July.  In the ceremony, the Lord Provost offered the keys of the city on a velvet pillow with this…
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British Royals

Prince Philip at heart of Holyrood Week as his children remember him

As senior members of the Royal Family take on engagements for Holyrood Week, those who have passed away were still very much at the forefront of Royal Family members’ minds. It’s been a little over a year since Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, died in April 2021. During Holyrood Week, his eldest son, the Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, followed in…
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